And It Was Good

And It Was Good, Chapter 10 - Impossibilities That Happen

Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me. May I be you, And you be me. May I be myself and my dying friend. Myself and my living friend, living in the new life of the risen Christ. May Christ have mercy on me and be in me as I grieve for my friend, for my parents, lovers, acquaintances, strangers dying in famine and flood and drought, all of creation groaning in travail until the redemption of all things, until the coming of the kingdom. -- Madeleine L'Engle

I have been reading the Genesis Trilogy again. The first time I read it, it challenged many of my god-boxes. Thankfully, el continues to tear them down. As I read this passage tonight, I thought of so many people. I thought of Dad and his loss, and Jane whose husband died on Saturday, and my children's mother fighting her battles, and so many more. I pray that my tears will mix with theirs and el's as we weep through the time of groaning.